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Latest verified news and analysis on migration in Africa, published by the Dialogue Migration team.
Climate-driven migration threatens the Sahel’s livelihoods
In the Sahel, climate change is negatively affecting people’s lives. Individuals and communities in this part of the African continent are affected by land degradation and declining agricultural production, with increasingly frequent floods. These disastrous effects of climate change affect the health, safety and well-being of people forced to migrate, often in unforeseen and precarious …
Deaths on the path to immigration: Frightening figures!
Movement is a natural act. Human beings move as naturally as possible, without any conditions. Thus, since the dawn of time, humans have felt free to move. But the so-called modern states have erected barriers to prevent citizens of other countries from going to their homes in the name of protectionism based purely on their …
Senegal : a look back at the black migration series
In Senegal, the month of July was marked by a series of capsizes and disappearances of boats of candidates who wanted to reach the Spanish coast. Nearly fifty deaths were counted between Rufisque, Ouakam and Saint-Louis in the period from 10 to 25 July 2023. For the number of missing persons, it is more complicated. …
State of Migration in the World: Focus on migrant workers and remittances
The number of international migrants is estimated at 281 million people in 2020, that’s 3.6% of the world’s population, according to a report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) published in 2022. Entitled “The State of Migration in the World”, the 592-page document specifies that these are 146 million male migrants (51.9%) and 135 …
Tahoua in Niger, a crossroads for migration
An International Organization for Migration (IOM) study reveals that the southwestern Niger city of Tahoua has become a migration hub for thousands of people seeking to reach and return from North Africa. The study, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France and carried out by IOM Niger’s Migration Data and Research Unit (MDRU), …
Mauritania: Journalistic approaches to migration
In 2019, the resurgence of migration via unstable pirogues along the coast of Mauritania caught the attention of journalist Mamadou Diop. Since then, covering this deadly phenomenon has become his daily routine. In this interview, he shares with Dialogue Migration how he came to focus on this area, as well as the various media approaches …
